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LONDON: PRINTED BY RICHARD WATTS,
CKOWN COURT, TEMPLE BAR.
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
-
BIRTH, PARENTAGE, EDUCATION APPOINTMENT TO A WRITER-
SHIP IN THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY'S SERVICE SAILS FOR
PROGRESSIVE RISE IN THE SERVICE-APPOINTED TO THE PRO-
VINCIAL COUNCIL OF REVENUE AT CALCUTTA-DISTRACTED
STATE OF THE PRESIDENCY PURSUES AN INDEPENDENT
COURSE-APPOINTED SECOND MEMBER OF THE GRAND COUNCIL
OF REVENUE
CHAPTER IV.
ACTING CHIEF OF THE BOARD OF REVENUE, TILL HIS RETURN TO
ENGLAND IN 1785-SUGGESTS REFORM IN ADMINISTRATION
-LITERARY PURSUITS
ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER V.
MARRIAGE APPOINTED MEMBER OF
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THE SUPREME COUNCIL AT FORTWILLIAM-MR. PITT'S ACT FOR
THE REGULATION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS-SAILS FOR INDIA-
STRICTURES ON MR. MACPHERSON'S ADMINISTRATION
CORNWALLIS ASSUMES THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT
EARL
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CHAPTER VI.
LORD CORNWALLIS'S GOVERNMENT-REFORM-FOREIGN POLICY-
MEASURES AGAINST TIPPOO....
CHAPTER VII.
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT of the revenUES-ORIENTAL PURSUITS,
CHAPTER VIII.
RETURN TO ENGLAND-EXAMINATION ON MR. HASTINGS'S TRIAL-
LIVES IN RETIREMENT
APPOINTED GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF
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175
INDIA-CREATED A BARONET-HIS NOMINATION OPPOSED BY
MR. BURKE-SAILS FOR INDIA
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CHAPTER IX.
ARRIVAL IN BENGAL-UNCERTAINTY RESPECTING SUCCESSION TO
THE GOVERNMENT-RECEIVES INTELLIGENCE OF THE DEATH
OF HIS CHILDREN FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN INDIA CAP-
LORD CORNWALLIS RETURNS TO ENGLAND
JOHN SHORE GOVERNOR-GENERAL SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION
AGAINST FRENCH CRUISERS
TURED
CHAPTER X.
SIR
STATE OF THE ARMY-SIR JOHN SHORE SUCCEEDS TO SIR WILLIAM
JONES AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY
FOR THE PROMOTION OF RELIGION SECOND ROHILLA WAR.. 274
CHAPTER XI.
OBSERVANCE OF STATUTARY RESTRICTIONS IN POLICY TOWARD
THE NATIVE STATES -ASSISTANCE REFUSED TO THE NIZAM
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STATE OF THE ARMY-DISCONTENTS, AND REGULATIONS
CONTROVERSIES WITH THE MADRAS GOVERNMENT RESPECTING
THE CARNATIC AND TANJORE
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CHAPTER XII.
DEFENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST TIPPOO
TREATY WITH THE
RAJAH OF TRAVANCORE DUTCH FLEET CAPTURED ZEMAUN
SHAH THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS OUDE, and refORMS
THE VIZIER'S ADMINISTRATION
381
CHAPTER XIII.
MANILLA EXPEDITION—SIR JOHN SHORE AGAIN VISITS OUDE, AND
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APPENDIX I.
EXTRACT FROM MR. SHORE'S MEMOIR ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE AND COLLECTION OF THE REVENUES (1785)
APPENDIX II.
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MONODY ON THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS CLEVLAND, ESQ.
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APPENDIX III.
A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, ON THE SECOND
OF MAY 1794, BY SIR JOHN SHORE, BART., PRESIDENT
APPENDIX IV.
495
MEMORANDUM ON THE EXPEDITION AGAINST THE SPANISH ISLANDS,
BY THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, THEN THE HON. COLONEL
WESLEY.
509
APPENDIX V.
MR. MILL'S STRICTURES ON THE REVOLUTION IN OUDE CON-
SIDERED.
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